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that we ever saw; probably the best in the country. We noticed the following, 

 which, being grouped together, formed a most interesting class : — 

 Begonia Barkeri, leaf 18 inches long. 



platanifolia, leaf 18 inches long, flowers pink. 



longipes, leaf very hairy, 4 inches long, flowers white. 



dichotoma, leaf 8 inches long, flowers white. 



parvifolia, leaf 1£ inch long. 



crispa, leaf hairy, 9 inches long. 



Fischerii, leaf 2^ inches long. 



spathu'ata, leaf a very light green, 4 inches long. 



sanguinea, leaf 5 inches long. 



undulata, leaf light green, 4 inches long. 



hydrocotylifolia, leaf like a Cyclamen Persicum. 



New species from Brazil, leaf striped in the way of Maranta 



Zebrina. 

 macrophylla, light green leaf, about 6 inches long, white 



flowers. 

 New species, with leaves powdered as with flour, 5 inches long, 

 argyrostigma, leaves with white spots, 6 inches long, 

 castauae folia, leaf about 2 inches long, like a small Spanish 



chestnut. 

 Mexera. leaf very hairy, light green, 6 inches long, 

 heracleifolia, leaf very hairy and much divided, 

 scandeus, leaf very hairy, plant climbing. 

 With several others not named. 



LONOON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY S OARUEN. 



Deutzia scabra. During the last season we saw a bush of this handsome 

 flowering shrub in most prufuse bloom, six feet high and si* feet in diameter, 

 growing on the lawn, and is one of the prettiest chaste-looking beauties that 

 can occupy a similar situation, and deserves to be in every shrubbery, blooming 

 from June to October. It grows rapidly, and is readily increased. 



A c rcular bed of flowers, arranged as follows, was very pretty : — In the centre, 

 Brachycome iberidifolia, next Anagallises, then Verbenas to the edge. 



A bed of Pentstemon speciosum, with its splendid blue flowers, had a very gay 

 appearance. The fine and long-continued bloom renders it one of the finest 

 border or bed plants. 



Clerodendron. New species. Has recently bloomed in the stove at Mr. Hen- 

 derson's, Pine Apple Nursery. It is a climbing plant ; the petals are of a French 

 lilac colour, with a pink centre. It promises to be an interesting hothouse 

 climber. 



Begonia insignis is in beautiful bloom, the flowers of a pretty pink colour. 

 B. parviflora, too, with white flowers. 



Catesb.*:a paryifi ora is in charming blccm in the stove. Its clear white 

 flowers in contrast with the deep green foliage, and in the winter season too, 

 produce a pretty cheering effect. 



PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERY. 



On the Camellia. — Will the Camellia Japonica thrive in a vinery, if care- 

 fully protected firm frost, where moderate forcing commences, and so continues, 

 from about the middle of February or first of March ; and would it be well to 

 keep ihem there altogether, or place them out in a proper situation dining any 

 part of summer r" C. It. 



[Certainly, but when the young wooil has attained its growth, remove tl em to 

 the open air ; see the remarks on Culture, in our present Number. — Conductor.] 



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